{"id":15,"date":"2009-10-19T04:51:49","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T11:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonahangen.com\/wsc\/hi207\/?p=15"},"modified":"2011-04-18T02:44:18","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T09:44:18","slug":"unit-4-1021-114-hollywoods-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tonahangen.com\/wsc\/hi207\/?p=15","title":{"rendered":"Unit 4 (10\/21 – 11\/4): Hollywood’s West"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this unit we’ll explore Western films from the silent era to the mid-1960s. What makes a movie a Western? What are the important or iconic elements? We will also listen in to popular radio Westerns from radio’s golden age (the 1930s and 1940s) – how does the fictional portrayal of the West change when the landscape is unseen? Our main text in this unit is Jane Tompkins, West of Everything <\/span>(WOE), and you should bring it to class on the days we have readings from it. <\/p>\n

20. Wed 10\/21 You Know You’re in a Western When…<\/span>
\nReading: WOE, Intro and<\/u> Lee Clark Mitchell, “A Man Being Beaten” in Western: Making the Man in Fiction and Film <\/span>[pdf]<\/p>\n

21. Fri 10\/23 Early and Silent Westerns<\/span>
\nReading: WOE, CH 1-6 “Elements of the Western”<\/p>\n

22. Mon 10\/26 In-class screening of <\/span>Stagecoach <\/span>(John Ford, 1939)<\/span>
\nReading: same as #21, plus handout about this film<\/p>\n

23. Wed 10\/28 Imagining the West on Radio<\/span>
\nReading (Actually, Listening): listen to 3 Western radio program episodes of your choice. They can be from any series. Find them free online at:
\nRadioLovers.Com<\/a>
\nOldTimeRadio.net<\/a> (browse titles, the Westerns are obvious)<\/p>\n

24. Fri 10\/30 From <\/span>Shane <\/span>(George Stevens, 1953) to <\/span>The Good, The Bad and the Ugly <\/span>(Sergio Leone, 1966)<\/span>
\nReading: Patrick McGee, “Why Shane Never Comes Back,” in From Shane to Kill Bill: Rethinking the Western <\/span>[pdf]<\/p>\n

25. Mon 11\/2 In-class screening of <\/span>The Good, The Bad and the Ugly <\/span>(Sergio Leone, 1966)<\/span>
\nReading: McGee, “Death’s Landscape,” in From Shane to Kill Bill: Rethinking the Western <\/span>[pdf]<\/p>\n

26. Wed 11\/4 Unit 4 Test<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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